--- title: At this the Wind scratched his head a bit, but then he said, "Well t… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At this the Wind scratched his head a bit, but then he said, "Well then, thou man! there's a little ram for thee, and whenever thou dost want money say to it, 'Little ram, little ram, scatter money!' and it will scatter money as much as thou wilt. Who acts: Wind, man, little ram, thou. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wind, man, little ram, thou), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg29672:3:80 # text = At this the Wind scratched his head a bit, but then he said, "Well then, thou man! there's a little ram for thee, and whenever thou dost want money say to it, 'Little ram, little ram, scatter money!' and it will scatter money as much as thou wilt. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Wind Wind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 scratched scratch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Well well INTJ UH _ 24 discourse _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 20 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ! ! PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ 23 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 24 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 ram ram NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 34 advmod _ _ 33 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 34 dost do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 35 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 36 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 ram ram NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 ram ram NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 scatter scat ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 49 amod _ _ 49 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 scatter scatter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 56 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 57 as as ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 obj _ _ 59 as as SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 60 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 61 nsubj _ _ 61 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 58 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scratch** | past | the Wind | man's head | | | | a bit *obl:unmarked* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | man | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a little ram for thee | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | present | thou | | | | | whenever *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **want** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | money | Little ram and little ram | ram | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ram=Topic to it=Recipient | | 7 | **scatter** *in a quote* | future | money | money | | | | | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Project Gutenberg book 29672 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/81/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/)